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Transformers Rise of the Beasts Toyline Still Expected to Come out in April 2022

Transformers News: Transformers Rise of the Beasts Toyline Still Expected to Come out in April 2022

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When we did the year end review, what most of us selected as what we were looking forward to seeing this year was what will happen with the Rise of the Beast toyline. As we saw with Godzilla vs Kong, Black Widow, Snake Eyes and Rise of Gru, toy manufacturers and retailers cannot delay a toyline, even though it would benefit from being released at the same time as the movie it is linked to. It seems the loss of sale from a lack of cross promotion is not as big as the cost of storing all these products in warehouses for months on end, disrupting the established global supply chain from the factory to the retailer. And that's just on the supplying end, with issues and loss of revenue also incurred on the retailer end due to a planned product that is not being supplied/stocked and sold.
And unlike with Godzilla or Minions, Transformers is a toy brand that stands on it's own, with a dedicated space and dedicated core market.

I wrote all that to explain what seems to be the outcome chosen by Hasbro regarding what happens to the Rise of the Beasts toyline. According to this article from TFW2005, retailers around the world have been given April 2022 as their supply date. Toys may come later, or before, but that is the intended date for the wave 1 toys to be at retailers. We also learn that there will be multiple waves, with the second wave planned for August 2022.

Since the movie is already finished with the live action shooting, that means the bulk of what is left is the CGI effects, where the bots come into play. And with a whole extra year to deal with that part, it is very likely that the toys in the Rise of the Beasts line will not reflect the final look of the characters. This will probably be fine for fans and kids alike since, for the fans, the toyline was never aimed at them and, for kids, there won't be anything to compare the toys to. It will simply be another toyline on the shelf for parents to buy and kids to want. If you want to know the contents of the toyline so far, please click here.

There had been some rumours of more screen accurate toys coming out for fans after the movie is released, but there was never any concrete evidence as to when. As they did with car mode Dropkick and Jet mode Shatter, Hasbro may wat until they have the final CGC models to base their sculpts on, meaning accurate figures for the film could come out only in 2024.

And yes, to further confirm, the Rise of the Beasts toyline that is currently set to be coming to stores in 2022 is going to be very similar to the Cyberverse toyline with a myriad of classes based on different gimmicks. It will be interesting to see if Hasbro promotes it at all. The Bumblebee movie line was not heavily promoted to fans with it's announcement coming from the GeekDad website.

One last thing, since Transformers toylines tend to sell on the basis that they are Transformers toys, movie lines are usually stocked and ordered for 2 years/holiday seasons rather than just when the film is out (hence why it was nonstop movie product on shelves between ROTF and DOTM). So it could very well be that the cross promotion will still have a chance to be in full effect in 2023 when the movie comes out.

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Re: Transformers Rise of the Beasts Toyline Still Expected to Come out in April 2022 (2125568)
Posted by TulioDude on January 17th, 2022 @ 8:52am CST
Hyped to see this toys.The may not 100% like the final models,but also happened to previous toylines and we still got some fun toys.

Day 748 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
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Posted by william-james88 on January 17th, 2022 @ 9:36am CST
Looking forward to seeing how Wheeljack and the beasts look like. Plus, we'll get some art on the boxes giving us first look at the original character models. Surprised there haven't been any leaks on this, though Hasbro is usually more sensitive to movie related stuff.
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Posted by Spider5800 on January 17th, 2022 @ 10:20am CST
Hmm, not sure how I feel about this. Early movie toys are often EXTREMELY inaccurate compared to the film characters they're based on, so the film being released later and having a significant chance of changing how they look makes me want to skip these entirely. On the other hand, there's always the chance they're just really, really good toys (I love my helicopter Dropkick, and he barely resembles the character in the Bumblebee movie), so it may not matter how accurate they are to the films.

I guess I'll wait until we see the toys before I make a decision. The only things I'm looking forward to this year was the handful of Beast Wars characters that are allegedly going to release in the current Generations line, so it's not like I won't have the funds free (although GI Joe Classified series has been eating into my pockets a lot this past year, haha).
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Posted by william-james88 on January 17th, 2022 @ 11:06am CST
Spider5800 wrote:Hmm, not sure how I feel about this. Early movie toys are often EXTREMELY inaccurate compared to the film characters they're based on, so the film being released later and having a significant chance of changing how they look makes me want to skip these entirely.


You were still going to get them even though they are gimmick toys like the BB movie line?
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Posted by Spider5800 on January 17th, 2022 @ 11:36am CST
william-james88 wrote:
Spider5800 wrote:Hmm, not sure how I feel about this. Early movie toys are often EXTREMELY inaccurate compared to the film characters they're based on, so the film being released later and having a significant chance of changing how they look makes me want to skip these entirely.


You were still going to get them even though they are gimmick toys like the BB movie line?


I doubt I'd get the gimmicky subline stuff, but there could very well be more traditional style toys and Studio Series stuff for the movie releasing at the same time, just like they did with Bumblebee. That was what I was specifically referring to.
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Posted by Nemesis Primal on January 17th, 2022 @ 2:44pm CST
Spider5800 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Spider5800 wrote:Hmm, not sure how I feel about this. Early movie toys are often EXTREMELY inaccurate compared to the film characters they're based on, so the film being released later and having a significant chance of changing how they look makes me want to skip these entirely.


You were still going to get them even though they are gimmick toys like the BB movie line?


I doubt I'd get the gimmicky subline stuff, but there could very well be more traditional style toys and Studio Series stuff for the movie releasing at the same time, just like they did with Bumblebee. That was what I was specifically referring to.
There are 0 RotB Studio Series figures coming out this year, according the years-worth of mainline SS listings were found in the big Target leak with Legacy.
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Posted by william-james88 on January 17th, 2022 @ 3:31pm CST
Spider5800 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Spider5800 wrote:Hmm, not sure how I feel about this. Early movie toys are often EXTREMELY inaccurate compared to the film characters they're based on, so the film being released later and having a significant chance of changing how they look makes me want to skip these entirely.


You were still going to get them even though they are gimmick toys like the BB movie line?


I doubt I'd get the gimmicky subline stuff, but there could very well be more traditional style toys and Studio Series stuff for the movie releasing at the same time, just like they did with Bumblebee. That was what I was specifically referring to.


We've known for months now that there were going to be 0 studio series toys coinciding with ROTB in 2023. Just the movie's own subline. Hence my question.
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Posted by DeathReviews on January 17th, 2022 @ 4:43pm CST
Pun incidental, but these Bayverse movie beast figures will have to come roaring out of the gate if they want me to have any interest at all....
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 17th, 2022 @ 5:03pm CST
Very interesting article. While Hasbro will be shipping the toys it'll be interesting to see if retailers order them. I've seen first hand that SOME, not all of the Black Widow and Shang Chi toys sat for months before being clearanced out well before the movie hit. The worst part, especially in the case of Shang Chi was that those figures were never restocked, even if there was demand. The Role Play toys seemed to do well regardless. My gut tells me that Hasbro wants the line out to be the "Kid-friendly" line for 2022 since Cyberverse is over. I'm down for these since the kid stuff is my bread and butter.
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Posted by william-james88 on January 17th, 2022 @ 5:26pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote: My gut tells me that Hasbro wants the line out to be the "Kid-friendly" line for 2022 since Cyberverse is over. I'm down for these since the kid stuff is my bread and butter.


Yes, I think that is both Hasbro and the retailer's plans. They need toys aimed at kids on shelves in 2022. Thankfully, unlike with Shang-Shi and Black Widow, Transformers sell fine without the need for direct accompanying media since they are a toy brand first and have legacy knowledge (from previous toys/media).

And for the characters that would be new to kids/parents, technically, it will be no different than when they were selling non show characters in Beast Wars in the 90s.
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 17th, 2022 @ 6:01pm CST
DeathReviews wrote:Pun incidental, but these Bayverse movie beast figures will have to come roaring out of the gate if they want me to have any interest at all....


I'm curious to see if they will looks transmetalish, of will they looks like undeads like the AoE Dinobots?

We may be surprised. :-?
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Posted by noctorro on January 18th, 2022 @ 2:35am CST
Okay news I guess, I was dissapointed by the Bumblebee toys released with the film. Did get them but sold them right away when Studio Series came along and I'm not a fan of Studio Series.

I hope we can get away from Bay as soon as possible with the Live action stuff. The lovers had 5 movies and 5 big fat toylines + extending Studio Series toys, these guys had their stuff. Now I want a completely different more G1 aimed Live Action Transformers movie series please.

Just grab the War for Cybertron Games, Unicron Trilogy and Beast wars and be inspired by that with a complely new non-Bionicle 3 milion body parts design. Look at Bumblebee and Pacific Rim.

It's time.
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Posted by TulioDude on January 18th, 2022 @ 8:08am CST
One of the cool parts of buying the toys before the movie,is wondering "How is this gonna playout in the film?".
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Posted by william-james88 on January 28th, 2022 @ 2:06pm CST
Man, I don't know if I am the only one but I check facebook every couple of hours to see if anyone in the various TF groups I am part of has posted images of the upcoming ROTB toys. Unlike many others, I do not think these will get the fan friday treatment. The BB toys were announced with no buzz since they were not targetting collectors, same as these. And with them just being 2 months away (as far as we know), they must be out there somewhere, not on the factory floor but in packaging and with stock photos available for retail sites. It feels like there is a bunch of stuff out there just waiting to burst out. And in this case it ends up being our first look at any character. So it's very exciting even though the toys themselves are not for me.
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Posted by Emerje on January 29th, 2022 @ 10:03pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Man, I don't know if I am the only one but I check facebook every couple of hours to see if anyone in the various TF groups I am part of has posted images of the upcoming ROTB toys. Unlike many others, I do not think these will get the fan friday treatment. The BB toys were announced with no buzz since they were not targetting collectors, same as these. And with them just being 2 months away (as far as we know), they must be out there somewhere, not on the factory floor but in packaging and with stock photos available for retail sites. It feels like there is a bunch of stuff out there just waiting to burst out. And in this case it ends up being our first look at any character. So it's very exciting even though the toys themselves are not for me.

I agree, especially since Hasbro doesn't even have anything to promote this year and any kind of big fanfare will just highlight how disappointing the delay is. This will get the Cyberverse treatment, our first look will be from a store showing them off and it feels like Hasbro is trying to wait as long as possible before that happens. Like Cyberverse there's still a Deluxe offering that will appeal more to collectors, but didn't get a big reveal from Hasbro. Maybe they were planning to display them at Toy Fair, but with that not happening probably wont be anything.

Emerje
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Posted by TulioDude on January 30th, 2022 @ 10:28am CST
No toy fair this year?Aww,man...
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 30th, 2022 @ 6:29pm CST
They truly are about to bungle everything around this movie, and it's going to be a real bummer when they do
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 31st, 2022 @ 7:34pm CST
I can't wait to get my hands on them. I'm really curious about how they'll turn out, and the views, those sweet, sweet views.
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Posted by TulioDude on February 1st, 2022 @ 3:34pm CST
One of the things I'm looking foward to,is knowing if the beast characters are going to have realistic animal skin or if they are going to have an metalic exterior like the Dinobots.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:They truly are about to bungle everything around this movie, and it's going to be a real bummer when they do


I don't think they are that level yet.When the movie comes out they can restock the toys or repackage them,maybe even do something in the same style of the Buzzworthy line,with some minor paint updates.


Day 763 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 1st, 2022 @ 8:24pm CST
I wonder if people will hold off buying figures from Rise of Beasts thinking that the figures would be re-released when the movie is released.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 1st, 2022 @ 9:37pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I wonder if people will hold off buying figures from Rise of Beasts thinking that the figures would be re-released when the movie is released.


Few to none of these figures are made for us so I don't think it matters.

I think most fans will do the same they did with Bumblebee, just get the Studio Series versions when they come out.
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 1st, 2022 @ 11:01pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I wonder if people will hold off buying figures from Rise of Beasts thinking that the figures would be re-released when the movie is released.


Few to none of these figures are made for us so I don't think it matters.

I think most fans will do the same they did with Bumblebee, just get the Studio Series versions when they come out.


Well, unless some of us think the "kid's stuff" is rather awesome and buy it anyway.

Like that huge lights and sounds Bee, Power Charge Bumblebee for me.

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It's seriously cool and goes well with my others big lights and sounds Bees.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 1st, 2022 @ 11:52pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I wonder if people will hold off buying figures from Rise of Beasts thinking that the figures would be re-released when the movie is released.


Few to none of these figures are made for us so I don't think it matters.

I think most fans will do the same they did with Bumblebee, just get the Studio Series versions when they come out.


Well, unless some of us think the "kid's stuff" is rather awesome and buy it anyway.

Like that huge lights and sounds Bee, Power Charge Bumblebee for me.

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It's seriously cool and goes well with my others big lights and sounds Bees.


That's part of my point. Those who would buy these toys would buy them regardless, so it doesn't matter. While I did nean parents and kids, that totally extends to any fan of these types of toys.
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 3rd, 2022 @ 8:34pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I wonder if people will hold off buying figures from Rise of Beasts thinking that the figures would be re-released when the movie is released.


Few to none of these figures are made for us so I don't think it matters.

I think most fans will do the same they did with Bumblebee, just get the Studio Series versions when they come out.


Hasbro wrote me a letter and told me these figures are being made exclusively for me.
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Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 6th, 2022 @ 3:15pm CST
The ROTB figures listed on Gamefly now show that they can be preordered:

https://www.gamefly.com/search?q=Transformers%20mv7
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 6th, 2022 @ 7:19pm CST
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:The ROTB figures listed on Gamefly now show that they can be preordered:

https://www.gamefly.com/search?q=Transformers%20mv7


Wasn't/isn't Gamefly a video game rental service? Not sure how I feel about pre-ordering figures without seeing them first.
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Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on February 6th, 2022 @ 8:03pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:The ROTB figures listed on Gamefly now show that they can be preordered:

https://www.gamefly.com/search?q=Transformers%20mv7


Wasn't/isn't Gamefly a video game rental service? Not sure how I feel about pre-ordering figures without seeing them first.

Yeah, not sure what’s up with them having these. Either way, it seems like we should be getting some looks at the ROTB toys sometime soon.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 6th, 2022 @ 9:48pm CST
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:The ROTB figures listed on Gamefly now show that they can be preordered:

https://www.gamefly.com/search?q=Transformers%20mv7


This whole thing seems off.
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Posted by Emerje on February 8th, 2022 @ 7:45am CST
Well I guess we should be happy Hasbro isn't as draconian about "leaks" as Mattel is (and these aren't even leaks!).



Short version: A Jurassic Park toy YouTuber and an Instagrammer both had their channel/page removed without warning by Mattel for showing off toys from the latest JP movie (the YT channel was instantly given 3 strikes by them). One legally bought toys from an online store that released them early while the other showed off stock photos that were already made public and discussed them. The former Instagrammer also got one strike on their YT channel. Both spent years supporting Mattel's JP toy line and driving customers to the line only for Mattel to do something like this in retaliation for something the content creators couldn't have possibly imagined was wrong (and really isn't) rather than going off the stores selling the figures early and originally posting the stock photos.

Just imagine what it would be like if Hasbro did the same thing. With all the leaked information from insiders and photos of figures stolen from factories out there around the internet it seems like it wouldn't take much for Hasbro to completely decimate a large chunk of the fandom on the net if they chose to. I guess we can be thankful that Hasbro is a little more fan aware and forgiving or else things could look very different.

I posted this here because RotB toys are coming soon complete with an April release that seems pretty solid as a street date. Pictures will be showing up pretty soon, but I doubt Hasbro will make any kind of big deal out of them showing up early since the movie is still well over a year away so I doubt they're too concerned with the toys spoiling anything at this point.

Emerje
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 8th, 2022 @ 8:30am CST
There's those corporations that know the power of free internet advertisements by fans... And there's the ones who are old fashioned and just don't know that a reputation can be instantly destroyed with some thoughtless move resulting in a bad PR shitstorm.

Glad Hasbro is the former rather than the latter.
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 8th, 2022 @ 6:34pm CST
Emerje wrote:Well I guess we should be happy Hasbro isn't as draconian about "leaks" as Mattel is (and these aren't even leaks!).



Short version: A Jurassic Park toy YouTuber and an Instagrammer both had their channel/page removed without warning by Mattel for showing off toys from the latest JP movie (the YT channel was instantly given 3 strikes by them). One legally bought toys from an online store that released them early while the other showed off stock photos that were already made public and discussed them. The former Instagrammer also got one strike on their YT channel. Both spent years supporting Mattel's JP toy line and driving customers to the line only for Mattel to do something like this in retaliation for something the content creators couldn't have possibly imagined was wrong (and really isn't) rather than going off the stores selling the figures early and originally posting the stock photos.

Just imagine what it would be like if Hasbro did the same thing. With all the leaked information from insiders and photos of figures stolen from factories out there around the internet it seems like it wouldn't take much for Hasbro to completely decimate a large chunk of the fandom on the net if they chose to. I guess we can be thankful that Hasbro is a little more fan aware and forgiving or else things could look very different.

I posted this here because RotB toys are coming soon complete with an April release that seems pretty solid as a street date. Pictures will be showing up pretty soon, but I doubt Hasbro will make any kind of big deal out of them showing up early since the movie is still well over a year away so I doubt they're too concerned with the toys spoiling anything at this point.

Emerje


Hasbro and Mattel were the ones who reported YouTube to the FCC and started the whole COPA debacle a couple of years ago. So yeah, Hasbro isn't wonderful, probably just lazy.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 10th, 2022 @ 1:21pm CST
While we still do not have any images, we have more evidence of the Rise of the Beast toys coming our way soon. We now have a listing for Transformers Movie 7 Beast Battle Master RHINOX. This is the cheapest and smallest class in the line and we still don't really know what it looks like nor exactly what it entails. Legion class would be fun, but we are still not sure. Some fans already bought it just to see what they would get and the item is said to be arriving April 15th.

Brand Transformers
Item Dimensions LxWxH 1.5 x 4.25 x 6.75 inches
Age Range (Description) 6 YEARS+
Model Name MV7 BA BEAST BATTLE MASTER RHINOX
Material Plastic


Here is the link to the listing: https://www.amazon.com/dp/b09mjpgqz6?tag=seibertron07-20&ta ... formers-20
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 10th, 2022 @ 1:27pm CST
I've seen screen grabs from the Amazon listing that had it available for PO, did anyone get an order in?
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Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on February 13th, 2022 @ 7:39am CST
I wonder if the size difference between the Maximals and Autobots will be similar to that of the Beast Wars show.
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 13th, 2022 @ 7:47am CST
TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:I wonder if the size difference between the Maximals and Autobots will be similar to that of the Beast Wars show.


I highly doubt it.
The smol BW characters are only in the OG BW universe. Every times the Beasts and normal TF interacted with each others in WFC, comics, and so on, they were all the same size. Meaning giant freaking animals. So I'm pretty sure the live movie will be no different.
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Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 13th, 2022 @ 8:34am CST
TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:I wonder if the size difference between the Maximals and Autobots will be similar to that of the Beast Wars show.


Maybe in the toy line that's why the beasts are weaponizer style figures? Imagine if the studio series toys are the same size as the Arcee sisters, they could do all the characters in two releases. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 13th, 2022 @ 5:17pm CST
TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:I wonder if the size difference between the Maximals and Autobots will be similar to that of the Beast Wars show.


It wont be, these will be giant bots.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 17th, 2022 @ 11:52pm CST
Alright, so this is in response to some confusion that we got with Hasbro's announcement earlier today for a new Optimus Prime toy. Now that the toy is out for us to see, people who claim to be in the know (we will keep the sources private unless they express otherwise) have said that this toy is actually part of the Rise of the Beasts toyline. Instead of a Rise of the Beasts toyline coming out in April, both waves will be out on shelves later this year in Cyberverse packaging. That would mean that Hasbro was able to stir the ship while the product was not at packaging stage yet. This would also let the retailers get the product they ordered and had prepped for in their planning of both their shelf space and finances, though at a later date than anticipated. It is also telling that we see the toy in the ad and not the packaging. Hasbro is being quick on their toes on this one.

If we are to believe all this, which is the most logical explanation for this toy, then we can start the fun speculation we were all giddy for with us getting hints at designs in the film from the toys for the kid centric line.

This Optimus Prime, for instance, becomes our first look at what Prime will look like in robot mode. It basically confirms that they are keeping the same model that we saw in the Bumblebee movie (further confirming that this is a sequel to that film, if anyone still doubted that). The alt mode is inaccurate to what we have seen on set, but then again, it does resemble an offroad racing truck and Bumblebee is getting an offroad upgrade in the film. So this is either a hint of what we could see in the film, or (more probably) of what could have been planned for the film at one point. We saw that many times in the past like in Age of Extinction with all the product for a dropped Silver Knight Optimus component to the film and Slash, a Dinobot that was also dropped from the film. It could also simply by a toyline only offroad theme to go with Bumblebee giving kids and parents something new and thematic while still familiar.

Also, this toy would/could be the Smash Changers Optimus Prime from the Rise of the Beasts line that we reported on a month and a half ago.

Smash Changers
Optimus Prime (5010993958474)

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Posted by TulioDude on February 18th, 2022 @ 1:05pm CST
This is a smart choice to not intimidate retailers.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 18th, 2022 @ 1:08pm CST
TulioDude wrote:This is a smart choice to not intimidate retailers.


And it also avoids marketting a film that isn't out.
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Posted by Overcracker on February 18th, 2022 @ 1:47pm CST
That makes sense, but weren't retailers phasing out there Cyberverse spacing for EarthSpark then? Where do these go? Or are retailers going to make room for these instead of the Movie line, since that's no longer happening? In other words Cyberverse will take up the space meant for the movie line until the movie is released?
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Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 18th, 2022 @ 1:52pm CST
ImageI'm actually impressed. This looks much better than that unfinished mess we got in the Bee movie. Hopefully this design will transfer well to both the toys and the screen.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 18th, 2022 @ 2:47pm CST
Overcracker wrote:In other words Cyberverse will take up the space meant for the movie line?


Yes, that's exactly what will happen. The movie being released or not doesn't really matter, what matters is the retailers get what they planned for and no one has to redo their plans (neither hasbro nor the retailers)
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Posted by MaximalNui on February 20th, 2022 @ 3:16pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
TulioDude wrote:This is a smart choice to not intimidate retailers.


And it also avoids marketting a film that isn't out.

I guess? I feel using these toys for a new filler line unrelated to the movie or any media (like Classics back in 2006) would have been less confusing, but reusing an established line might save some money on packaging and advertisement; after all, the logo and packaging styles are already designed.
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Posted by william-james88 on February 21st, 2022 @ 10:17am CST
MaximalNui wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
TulioDude wrote:This is a smart choice to not intimidate retailers.


And it also avoids marketting a film that isn't out.

I guess? I feel using these toys for a new filler line unrelated to the movie or any media (like Classics back in 2006) would have been less confusing, but reusing an established line might save some money on packaging and advertisement; after all, the logo and packaging styles are already designed.


Yeah they are definitely trying to reorient this massive line in the most cost effective way. Not only is that line established in terms of design assets, but also in terms of expectations. Cyberverse is the young kids toyline, so that's what will be used for these toys which are made for your kids.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 25th, 2022 @ 7:15pm CST
Kinda genius, using Cyberverse to get us to the movie. i like that design too, it is interesting
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Posted by william-james88 on March 15th, 2022 @ 9:51am CDT
Remember the Bumblebee movie line? It was entirely aimed at kids with lot of gimmicks. Well the Rise of the Beasts line will mostly be the same. We saw the 3 step Optimus a month back and now we see Optimus Prime in a different scale along with Optimus Primal and a Tigatron accessory which serves as a weaponiser.

While the toys may not excite fans, what is exciting is that this is our very first look at Optimus Primal from Rise of the Beasts. Of course, it is likely that the final movie model will look different BUT this does give us an indication that they are being closer to the original designs than the Bayverse bots were in the first movie. It also gives us an idea of scale, meaning that Prime and Primal would be around the same size, as has been the standard scale of late. You'll also notice that this Optimus Prime toy also turns into the same off road truck mode as the previous toy. These should be released through the Cyberverse line this year. The Images come from a Chefatron review.

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Posted by TulioDude on March 15th, 2022 @ 10:42am CDT
He is looking nice!

DAy 805 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
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Posted by Overcracker on March 15th, 2022 @ 10:54am CDT
That Primal looks great even if it is super simple. Guess I'll be shelling out for Movie Maximals now.

Even this Primal has an interesting transformation to him. I really like him. Might just pick him up while we wait for thew actual movie line.

Tigatron relegated to a filleted crossbow... the indignity.



Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.
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Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on March 15th, 2022 @ 11:21am CDT
Gotta say…
I’m really diggin’ Garry Primal’s movie look. My anticipation for this movie just jumped by like over 9,000%.

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